TABLE 5.
Identification of interobserver reliability for injury location and injury morphology based on years of surgical experience and surgical subspecialty
| Surgical Experience |
Surgical Subspecialty |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 yrs | 5–10 yrs | 11–20 yrs | >20 yrs | Orthopedic Spine Surgery | Neurosurgery | Other Surgery | |
| Assessment 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Global (location) |
0.87 |
0.85 |
0.83 |
0.88 |
0.84 |
0.88 |
0.70 |
| I |
0.86 |
0.88 |
0.86 |
0.93 |
0.88 |
0.90 |
0.72 |
| II |
0.85 |
0.82 |
0.80 |
0.85 |
0.81 |
0.86 |
0.63 |
| III |
0.89 |
0.86 |
0.85 |
0.88 |
0.85 |
0.90 |
0.77 |
| Global (injury type) |
0.63 |
0.58 |
0.56 |
0.57 |
0.60 |
0.58 |
0.43 |
| A |
0.65 |
0.61 |
0.55 |
0.59 |
0.62 |
0.60 |
0.32 |
| B |
0.46 |
0.42 |
0.39 |
0.38 |
0.44 |
0.40 |
0.23 |
| C |
0.77 |
0.71 |
0.73 |
0.70 |
0.72 |
0.74 |
0.73 |
| Assessment 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Global (location) |
0.81 |
0.83 |
0.82 |
0.84 |
0.81 |
0.88 |
0.49 |
| I |
0.79 |
0.86 |
0.86 |
0.85 |
0.83 |
0.90 |
0.41 |
| II |
0.79 |
0.80 |
0.79 |
0.79 |
0.77 |
0.85 |
0.49 |
| III |
0.85 |
0.85 |
0.83 |
0.87 |
0.83 |
0.90 |
0.53 |
| Global (injury type) |
0.58 |
0.57 |
0.57 |
0.56 |
0.59 |
0.57 |
0.37 |
| A |
0.59 |
0.59 |
0.60 |
0.55 |
0.61 |
0.60 |
0.25 |
| B |
0.44 |
0.39 |
0.39 |
0.35 |
0.43 |
0.36 |
0.33 |
| C | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.54 |
The pooled injury location reliability is 0.85 for assessment 1 and 0.83 for assessment 2. The pooled injury type reliability is 0.59 for assessment 1 and 0.57 for assessment 2. Values are given as kappa coefficients.